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united states. >> so then how come someone doesn't say donald trump is wrong! >> donald trump is wrong. the president was born in the united states. >> so, as i mentioned it has been more than a year since these questions should have stopped, president obama released his long form birth certificate, april last year. he released it to settle the issue once and for all, released it because people like donald trump are going on and on making unfounded claims about the president's birth place, as all of that was swirling, just before mr. obama released his birth certificate, we sent gary tuckman all the way to hawaii to look at the facts. imagine that, the facts, behind the whole entire manufactured controversy. here is what he found. >> reporter: the honolulu star bulletin newspaper in august, 1961, declares mr. and mrs. obama have given birth to a son. a simple announcement become part of a complex web of conspiracy theories. with one question looming above all others. >> was president obama born in t
united states. >> so then how come someone doesn't say donald trump is wrong! >> donald trump is wrong. the president was born in the united states. >> so, as i mentioned it has been more than a year since these questions should have stopped, president obama released his long form birth certificate, april last year. he released it to settle the issue once and for all, released it because people like donald trump are going on and on making unfounded claims about the president's...
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with one question looming above all others. >> was president obama born in the united states? the answer, yes. >> have you seen barack obama's original birth certificate? >> yes. >> the doctor is former director of the hawaii department of health. and a devoted republican. until now, she had not talked on camera about this topic. as a republican member of the last republican governor of hawaii do you have any doubt he was born in the united states? >> absolutely not. i have no doubt. >> the doctor was asked by the governor's press secretary to make a statement about the obama birth certificate controversy. under hawaii law, a public official can look at someone else's certificate if there is a "direct and tangible interest. she felt she had the interest because of the statement she had to make. so she found the original birth certificate stored in a vault in the department of health building. >> what did it tell you? was it authentic? >> absolutely authentic, he was absolutely born here in the state of hawaii. >> the doctor says even if she had not seen the original certificat
with one question looming above all others. >> was president obama born in the united states? the answer, yes. >> have you seen barack obama's original birth certificate? >> yes. >> the doctor is former director of the hawaii department of health. and a devoted republican. until now, she had not talked on camera about this topic. as a republican member of the last republican governor of hawaii do you have any doubt he was born in the united states? >> absolutely...
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grandmother called the newspaper and gave false information he was born in the united states. is it possible that could have gotten in the newspaper? >> that is not possible. under the system that existed back then, there was no avenue for people to submit information that way. >> how did the information get in the paper? >> came from the state department of health. >> we confirmed that fact with the health department, too. all birth announcements printed in the paper came directly from the birth records of the hospital. barack obama not only has the same proof of birth as millions of other hawaiians, he has the current governor's memories of him as a baby. you saw him as an infant? >> oh, sure. >> the governor met the future president soon after he was born. because he was close to both of his parents. he remembers his mother ann dunham living in hawaii and pregnant and remembers celebrating the birth with his friends the obamas. >> his mom and dad went to school with me here, and with other folks here in hawaii, and of course we had no idea at the time that the future presid
grandmother called the newspaper and gave false information he was born in the united states. is it possible that could have gotten in the newspaper? >> that is not possible. under the system that existed back then, there was no avenue for people to submit information that way. >> how did the information get in the paper? >> came from the state department of health. >> we confirmed that fact with the health department, too. all birth announcements printed in the paper...
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western nations led by the united states expelling syrian diplomats. or united nations with kofi annan. then noting and these are annan's words that he, meaning assad, quote, condemned the killings too. in addition assad promised to investigate the massacre. after 15 months by some reports, 12,000 dead, that kind of promise from a brutal dictator doesn't cut much ice. after friday's atrocity doubly so. with body after body in the ground, nightmare stories are emerging from hula with the massacre happened. we spoke with an 11-year-old survivor. this little boy said they will kill him. they being the same militia men who he says killed the rest of his family. quote, they were talking to my mom, he says. i'm not sure what happened, but they shot her five times. they shot her in the head. then the turned and shot my sister rasha in the head. then he shot my brother nader in the neck and back. he's talk about the arabic for ghosts. armed men to the regime who carried out the massacre. a warning, we're going to show you some of the resulting carnage. the vid
western nations led by the united states expelling syrian diplomats. or united nations with kofi annan. then noting and these are annan's words that he, meaning assad, quote, condemned the killings too. in addition assad promised to investigate the massacre. after 15 months by some reports, 12,000 dead, that kind of promise from a brutal dictator doesn't cut much ice. after friday's atrocity doubly so. with body after body in the ground, nightmare stories are emerging from hula with the...
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states. >> joining me now is romney adviser kevin madden. some people are looking at those comments that the candidate made tonight saying it was sort of a dog whistle. the fact he would bring up the birth requirements in the constitution on a day where donald trump has talked about birtherism was sort of a dog whistle on this issue. fair? >> no. well, i just don't agree with that. i think it was -- the governor was actually relaying a conversation he had with a voter. the voter's emphasis was on the business experience. that's what governor romney is finding as he engages voters across the country. they're focused on the economy. they're focused on somebody who can turn the economy around. quite frankly, that's been the entire focus of the governor's message today when he was out there in colorado, he was talking about energy. he was talking about how important energy is to helping sustain the economy in that region of the country and how important the economy is in turning the economy around. >> but he is holding this big event with donald
states. >> joining me now is romney adviser kevin madden. some people are looking at those comments that the candidate made tonight saying it was sort of a dog whistle. the fact he would bring up the birth requirements in the constitution on a day where donald trump has talked about birtherism was sort of a dog whistle on this issue. fair? >> no. well, i just don't agree with that. i think it was -- the governor was actually relaying a conversation he had with a voter. the voter's...